Owensboro in Daviess County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Courthouse Burned

By Cosmos Mariner, September 17, 2017

1. Courthouse Burned Marker

Inscription.

Courthouse Burned. . Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by guerrillas, two by Union accident. See map on reverse side. . . Jan. 4, 1865, the courthouse at Owensboro, occupied by Union troops, was burned by guerrillas. The records of all county offices saved by the respective officers.

Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by guerrillas, two by Union accident. See map on reverse side.

Jan. 4, 1865, the courthouse at Owensboro, occupied by Union troops, was burned by guerrillas. The records of all county offices saved by the respective officers.

Location. 37° 46.483′ N, 87° 6.752′ W. Marker is in Owensboro, Kentucky, in Daviess County. Marker is on West 2nd Street west of St Ann Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is located at the northeast corner of the Daviess County Courthouse grounds. Marker is at or near this postal address: 212 St Ann Street, Owensboro KY 42303, United States of America.

Also see . . . 1. William Davison, a Confederate guerrilla. Hawesville was the birthplace of William Davison, a Confederate guerrilla captain and son of Dr. Hardin Davison. Davison's band of marauders terrorized civilians in the river counties of western Kentucky in 1864. Davison died in 1865 from wounds suffered while he was burning the Owensboro-Daviess County Courthouse. He was buried in a shallow grave in southern Hancock County and was moved to the Hawesville Cemetery after the war. (Submitted on July 6, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Courthouse Burned. Formerly a captain in the 7th Kentucky Union Infantry Regiment, William “Bill” Davison resigned after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued and became a Confederate guerrilla.
Davison then traveled to Hancock and Daviess counties to assemble a

group of guerrillas called “Davison’s Hyenas.”
Davison had orders to burn every courthouse that was occupied by the United States Colored Troops (USCT). As the Daviess County courthouse was used to quarter three companies of USCT troops, Davison set his sights on this building. (Submitted on July 7, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

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